Boujis Nights

November 13, 2009

Thursday evening saw Alex Attinger, David Attinger and a valued client hit the town. Given their penchant not to do anything by halves, everyone at AJi in Farringdon awaited Friday morning with baited breath, all the while scouring the morning London Metro paper to see whether Alex had vanished face down in a Mayfair puddle.

 

To our surprise, Alex turned up bright and breezy but surprisingly light in the wallet stakes.  What happened?  Sheepishly Alex told us the trio had enjoyed a trip to London’s most exclusive private members bar, Boujis – frequented by Prince William, Harry and all sorts of eclectic A-listers.

 

The problem occurred when, half way through the meal, our group was informed that a minimum spend on a table at Boujis is £1,000.  Not even a meal and three bottles of Chateau Haut-Brion 1997 could cover that so our intrepid trio decided on the only option…..either a £750 tip (which was deemed excessive given the waiter service was ‘decent’ at best) or a magnum of Dom Perignon to take-away.

 

Their choice?  A bottle of Dom Perignon which proudly sits in Alex’s living room.  All £750 worth of it.  We’re awaiting an invite…